You probably heard many break up reason due to the fact that one partner claim to be unhappy in a relationship, that the relationship is no longer working, that one feel they grow apart, etc… After the break up that … Continue reading
My friend Kathi Make this incredible design for my page. I just love her perception. Lot of thanks and love for her work.
I am from a country (France) full of fashion, refinement and etiquette. You have to put out the best out of you when you decide to walk in the street to own your respect. So why when I move to … Continue reading
You should check out Food reporter or food spotting. They are great apps for you to share and discover you friends and others people meals. htpp://www.foodreporter.fr http://www.foodreporter.net http://www.foodspotting.com/
Many of you might be familiar with the famous French DJ, martin Solveig. he is one of my favorite because he has been constant over the years. On his hit “I just come to say hello” he play the role … Continue reading
If you are looking for a place to get good quality cheese; let me suggest you ‘whole food’ they Have a variety of cheese from bleue to raw. You will found international cheese from places such as France, Italy, Spain, Swizerland, England and Artisanal American cheese. The personal are well trained because they know theirs cheeses. You always feel welcome and the cheese master perfectly guide you according to your taste and they offer you daily cheese tasting. Don’t forget to take a quick tour at the wine and bread station for the perfect parternership in your mouth.
My personal favorite: cranberrie walnut yeast free bread and a strong bleue with a white sauterne wine. All from whole food.
Many of you maybe familiar with the famous French DJ “David Guetta” or the famous beat from Stromae “alors on danse”. Well French music is full of diversions, We do love the House, the soul, R’nB, POP, RAP, Reggaeton without forgetting the classic. We had learn to enjoy music in all languages. This is a list of some French radio player you might one to try in order to see what kind of music we listen.
French Radio is not too different from the American one. But it is full of many advantages such as less commercial better talk show my favorite is Bruno Guillon, I had been following for over 10 years now He had been working at many radios Station from local station to national such as NRJ, Virgin Radio and Fun Radio and start is career as little as thirteen years old and had host many Tv shows. The main advantage of listen to a French radio is that the music is nicely cut and smooth with a special beat that fallow a “jingle”.Furthermore, better gifts are given to the audience. click on the link below to get a true sense of the french music atmosphere.Keep in mind that a lot of the Radio Host are also TV host show.
“On the go” kind of person you can also listen to the radio for free on your smartphone.
http://radio.funradio.fr/player.html (the sound of the dance floor)
http://play.nrj.fr/nrj/nrj.html (NRJ mean the new radio for the late teen and up)
http://www.voltage.fr/player.php (Paris only French radio)
http://www.virginradio.fr/virginradio/html/player.html (Use to be only rock and pop radio but they open to a more commercial style of music)
http://www.rfm.fr/Webradios (listen to some classic French music)
http://www.goomradio.fr/(yes Goom Radio it is also available in french only available on the web)
You can also listen to ‘cherie fm’ ‘RTL’ ‘skyrock’ ‘RTL2′ ‘radioFrance’ and so on… You will definitely found the radio that suit you.
Have you ever heard of Jean De La Fontaine. He is a famous French ‘fables’ a lot of this work are taught and learn at school. Even so you truly need to read between the lines to discover the secrecy of his work, Fables are learn starting at elementary school. French children found them amazing, while Educated student learn that each animal represent a social class in French. For example the King is usually represented by a Lion, while the poor struggling working class is represented by the ‘Donkey’ who had just barely taste a blade of grass and risk his life for it. If you read “les animaux maladies de la peste” you will see that animal are judge differently for others and their crime penalty are based on their social class: stole a piece of bread you go to jail or loose your arm, kill someone you will walk free or consider to have done the right thing. hummm this situation do not seem so out of date.
You could tell me, why Jean De la Fontaine is not speaking freely in his work, what about the freedom of the speech? Jean De la Fontaine was born on July 8th 1621 in a time when ‘censure’ was the beast of the artiste. In order to speak more vividly, they use metaphor to disguise their ideas without been punish for their work.
(picture info: The Fables of La Fontaine
A Selection in English of Jean de La Fontaine, Illustrated by Jean-Noel Rochut, Translated and introduced by C. J. Moore ISBN: 9780863155710
Hardcover book; Floris Books; price $30.00)
(Book description: “Unashamedly borrowing his inspiration and material from Aesop’s fables, Jean de La Fontaine wrote his stories in French verse during the late seventeenth century. His fables have been popular with children and adults alike ever since. These are timeless stories of country folk, heroes of Greek mythology, and familiar creatures. Each tale contains a moral for living, as relevant today as they were 300 years ago”.)
This Fables is called “Le corbeau et le renard” (The Crow and the Fox) it is one of his most famous work and one of his earliest publication. (Do not worry I also publish the translation for you). As you will see, at the end of his fables, Jean De La Fontaine always end with a sentence or two of a morality related to his story. There is many more to follow, if you are interested click on the links below the fables.
Maître Corbeau, sur un arbre perché,
Tenait en son bec un fromage.
Maître Renard, par l’odeur alléché,
Lui tint à peu près ce langage :
“Hé ! bonjour, Monsieur du Corbeau.
Que vous êtes joli ! que vous me semblez beau !
Sans mentir, si votre ramage
Se rapporte à votre plumage,
Vous êtes le Phénix des hôtes de ces bois.”
A ces mots le Corbeau ne se sent pas de joie ;
Et pour montrer sa belle voix,
Il ouvre un large bec, laisse tomber sa proie.
Le Renard s’en saisit, et dit : “Mon bon Monsieur,
Apprenez que tout flatteur
Vit aux dépens de celui qui l’écoute :
Cette leçon vaut bien un fromage, sans doute. “
Le Corbeau, honteux et confus,
Jura, mais un peu tard, qu’on ne l’y prendrait plus.
English:
Master Crow perched on a tree,
Was holding a cheese in his beak.
Master Fox attracted by the smell
Said something like this:
“Well, Hello Mister Crow!
How beautiful you are! how nice you seem to me!
Really, if your voice
Is like your plumage,
You are the phoenix of all the inhabitants of these woods.”
At these words, the Crow is overjoyed.
And in order to show off his beautiful voice,
He opens his beak wide, lets his prey fall
The Fox grabs it, and says: “My good man,
Learn that every flatterer
Lives at the expense of the one who listens to him.
This lesson, without doubt, is well worth a cheese.”
The Crow, ashamed and embarrassed,
Swore, but a little late, that he would not be taken again.
http://www.la-fontaine-ch-thierry.net/fablanglais.htm
http://www.jdlf.com/lesfables/livrei/lacigaleetlafourmi (this one is my favorite, you get the translation and it is illustrated with picture and video telling the story)
Don’t miss out the 10th anniversary international wine festival of Miami.
You will have wine testing for professional or individual directly involve in the industry of wine buying/selling as well as seminar and guided testing that are open to both professional and general public. So get your ticket ASAP
“The Miami International Wine Fair (MIWF) has grown in the last 10 years to become the leading wine trade show in the United States showcasing over 1,800 wines from 20 countries in over 80,000 square feet of exhibit space. Thousands of wine importers, distributors, retailers and restaurateurs from accross the United States, Canada, the Caribbean and Latin America attend the Wine Fair every year looking for new exciting wines to add to their portfolios. MIWF’s innovative buyers program, which guarantees participating exhibitors meetings with pre-qualified buyers, generated last year estimated sales of over 460,000 cases”
The must see Event:
Saturday, Sep 24th
Miami Beach Convention Center – Hall A (Breakout Rooms)
2:00 PM South West, a New Direction for French Wine
La Goulue is a French restaurant located in Bal Harbour Miami. Most of the qualified personal are French. You could chat in French with the pleasant Chef, the Manager as well as the dedicated Servers. It is an experience that you will not regret. I have been going for months; and every time I enjoy the customer services they provide. The restaurant price are very reasonable especially at Bal Harbour.
9700 Collins Avenue
Bal Harbour, FL 33154
Phone number: (305) 865-2181
Thursday (september 1st) was the 2nd annual international Cabernetday.
The principle is very simple. All over the world people are getting together and celebrate the joy of drinking a selected Cabernet wine bottle.
Don’t worry i had my share of it.
What about you wine lover?
AVALON, California
Cabernet Sauvignon (vintage 2009) exhibits rich, slightly smoky aromas of cherries, boysenberries and chocolate.
It require a minimum of 8 months aging in French and American oak barrels softened the wine and imparted subtle notes of vanilla and spice. (that’s what they said)
I personally felted the red fruit taste but the wine tasting do not have a long lasting in the month. cheers to a good one with a nice equilibrium of sweetie and sour taste.
illustrated guide on how to place your dish on the table
Whenever I said to an average American (I will define its signification later) that I am French, one of the first questions that came to people mind is what kind of food I eat and like from France. French cuisine is not only about bread, cheese and wine. Of course they are a significant part of our daily life at the table.I always say that I am so sorry to disappoint them but not every french person enjoy eating frog legs and snails. They are tasty but there is so much more to discover when you will become a French Gourmet.
It is hard for me to imagine a meal without bread on my bread plate, you could ever have a French baguette or a loaf of french bread sliced and dispose on a bread basket . The Cheese are usually place at the end of the meal with some salad prior to the desert. Different bottle of wine could be open according to the course of the meal. It will be rubbish for me to stay that red meat go with red wine, and fish go with a white wine bottle, it is a little more complicated than that. The same meat for example pork will need different style of wine according to the way the meat has been cooked. they need to be match tasting according to the character of the wine and the majors ingredients in the meal
But let’s talk about the table, it doesn’t matter if you leave alone in a studio or you are hosting a family dinner. You need to put some effort to the dressing table. the appetite start with the eyes. The desire for the food will be greater if everything it is nice presented. This is why European spend a large amount of time fixing their table. If you ever have a chance to go eat in a french family, you will see that the kids have to arrange the table for the family every night as a way to participate on the dinner preparation. When the dinner is ready (french people like to eat around the same time everyday) everyone is reaching to the table from the sound of “@ TABLE”
Table tips: Remember than the napkin should be place on the center of the plate or on the left side next to the fork. The forks should be place down on the table and the blade of the knife toward the plate. The silver-wear are to be using from the outside to the inside order of the plate. the order of the Spoon might change if you decide to serve the soup first. For example, in that case the seafood fork and the spoon will be switch.
